Horringer houses [3]
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Horringer houses [3]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 15 Sep 2020
Ashdown Cottage, The Street, has a 14th century central core, probably the surviving bay of a substantial house. In the 18th century the core was extended and the roof was rebuilt with some mediaeval smoke-blackened rafters reused. The building is timber framed and plastered and the hipped roof is thatched. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1298911 The small village of Horringer, earlier known as Horningsheath lies astride the A143 road some two miles south west of Bury St Edmunds. The village includes the main entrance to Ickworth Park. There was once three blacksmiths’ forges in the village.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.223627
Longitude
0.670321